Official NBA Race to the MVP Thread

[tredigs]

Not over by any means, but Lebron is ahead. Period, end of story, next question. Tired of hearing these haters come in here and say Durant is having a better season. I just had to shut all them foolish children up. You understand.

And KD's higher EV (Estimated Value) + EWA (Estimated Wins Added) according to Hollinger on that same page, along with KD's higher Win Shares + WS/48? Not to mention the Thunder being 35-11 to the Heat's 29-13 in an easier conference? Meaningless I take it?

[IKnowHoops]

Lebron has been so much better statistically for so long than anyone else that when someone gets to the point were there stats are only slightly worse, they are somehow outplaying Lebron. To these people the number 4.8 is higher than the number 5.

I'm reading these posts in which people say Durant is having a better year than Lebron, or Durants putting up better numbers than Lebron and he deserves the MVP this year over Bron. Where do these kids get this stuff.

go back to 3rd grade and your teacher will tell you 4.8 is not higher than 5. And Durant is not outplaying Lebron.

Stop hating haters. I know yall want to see Bron fail but now your just seeing stuff thats just not there.

Its pathetic

[IKnowHoops]

And KD's higher EV (Estimated Value) + EWA (Estimated Wins Added) according to Hollinger on that same page, along with KD's higher Win Shares + WS/48? Not to mention the Thunder being 35-11 to the Heat's 29-13 in an easier conference? Meaningless I take it?

Isn't PER a combination of all the categories sir? Nothing is meaningless, but as a whole Lebron is doing a little bit better. Am I wrong?

[IKnowHoops]

And KD's higher EV (Estimated Value) + EWA (Estimated Wins Added) according to Hollinger on that same page, along with KD's higher Win Shares + WS/48? Not to mention the Thunder being 35-11 to the Heat's 29-13 in an easier conference? Meaningless I take it?

pts rbs asst st bl

How many of the 5 major categories does KD lead his team in.- 1 pts

How many of the 5 does Bron lead his team in- All of them

This may go over your head, but this tells you that Lebron caries his team much more than KD does young one.

[tredigs]

Isn't PER a combination of all the categories sir? Nothing is meaningless, but as a whole Lebron is doing a little bit better. Am I wrong?

I would say that Win Shares is a far better predictor of a players contribution to their team when you're talking about high usage players (it can overvalue highly efficient shooters on winning teams, but as it concerns the players who would be in an MVP debate that's moot).

Neither are the be all end all, but especially not PER, and your self congratulatory view of thinking you have broken down the MVP race that easily is both funny and stupid.

[tredigs]

I'm not sure how many people here have argued that KD is having a better statistical season than Lebron, just that they're clearly close and that the totality of the argument is in his favor while the Thunder are fairing a decent bit better than the Heat.

[Hawkeye15]

I'm not sure how many people here have argued that KD is having a better statistical season than Lebron, just that they're clearly close and that the totality of the argument is in his favor while the Thunder are fairing a decent bit better than the Heat.

Furthermore, the fact that voters will get tired of Bron if there is a worthy adversary.

[tredigs]

Furthermore, the fact that voters will get tired of Bron if there is a worthy adversary.

Yeah, this will be the 4th year in a row KD's at least top 5 in voting (normally 2nd), so that will probably err in his favor unless the Heat can finish with a better record. He's definitely not a hot story like Rose was, but I do think he gets the benefit of the doubt this year if it's a toss up.

[Hawkeye15]

Yeah, this will be the 4th year in a row KD's at least top 5 in voting (normally 2nd), so that will probably err in his favor unless the Heat can finish with a better record. He's definitely not a hot story like Rose was, but I do think he gets the benefit of the doubt this year if it's a toss up.

And I think it will end up a tossup. I can't state enough that I think the voters/media/fans are getting bored of LeBron now that he has broken through, and are looking for the next story.

[OceanSpray]

Rose stole it from LeBron because the media hated LeBron that year. The media loves LeBron but it's old news. It will be exciting to see how this ends out. My vote goes to the individual who leads his team in all categories of the game while defending the best player on the opposing team 24/7. Durant doesn't do that. Say what you want about win shares but Dirk had the best win shares for 2005-2007 or so. Was he the best? Hmmm...

[tredigs]

Rose stole it from LeBron because the media hated LeBron that year. The media loves LeBron but it's old news. It will be exciting to see how this ends out. My vote goes to the individual who leads his team in all categories of the game while defending the best player on the opposing team 24/7. Durant doesn't do that. Say what you want about win shares but Dirk had the best win shares for 2005-2007 or so. Was he the best? Hmmm...

Yeah, led PER in 06 too (along with ALL NBA 1st team each of those years and MVP in 07), and yes he had an argument for best in the league without a doubt. 26/9/3 on elite efficiency for 60+ win teams.

[OceanSpray]

Yeah, led PER in 06 too (along with ALL NBA 1st team each of those years and MVP in 07), and yes he had an argument for best in the league without a doubt. 26/9/3 on elite efficiency for 60+ win teams.

So why do people constantly say Kobe is the best? As good as Dirk was that year, he was not the best player.

MJ was the best player every year since he won a ring, but he wasn't the win share leader for two years.

[tredigs]

So why do people constantly say Kobe is the best? As good as Dirk was that year, he was not the best player.

MJ was the best player every year since he won a ring, but he wasn't the win share leader for two years.

#1: Nobody's saying (at least not me) that just because you lead in Win Shares that you're the best in the league. I'm just saying that I'd consider it a better gauge than PER when comparing the impact of MVP candidates.

#2: I don't know what people constantly say that about Kobe, but most people whose opinions I respect would definitely not say that. Overall impact wise, the player I'd say was the best that year was Duncan. And I would say that his impact was significantly higher than Kobe's, who despite being all league 1st team defense did/does not sniff Tim's force on that end.

#3: Jordan led WinShares every year other than his rookie year, his final year, and the two seasons that he played like 10 games (not including the Wizards years obviously). In the two seasons he was not #1 in Win Shares (rookie/retirement years), he was #2.

[b@llhog24]

Left the lil kid speechless

Because you don't know **** about stats.

[ManRamForPrez24]

Not over by any means, but Lebron is ahead. Period, end of story, next question. Tired of hearing these haters come in here and say Durant is having a better season. I just had to shut all them foolish children up. You understand.

You act like the MVP always goes to the guy with the highest PER.

That's your flaw. You may be right about him having a better season, but you're reasoning for why he's winning the MVP race is moot...because that's just not how it goes.